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1989 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L volume controlVIN: 1FAPP64R2KGood Morning to all, This T-bird is a daily driver with a
problem concerning the premium sound system and I'm hoping
someone has some experience with this system. The radio
functions fine except there is no volume output. If I turn
up the radio to full volume ...

1989 Ford E-250 Econoline Custom 5.0L Cuts outVIN: 1FMEE11N4NThanks in advance . This customer brought in this van after
a very long trip. he is complaining of intermittantly it
cuts out and does not sputter . He pulls over and it will
fire up in park ( neutral safty broken only starts in park)
scanned computer and ther...

1991 Ford Ranger Custom 2.3L MechanicalToo much braking power.
Pads,shoes,calipers,and mastercylinder have been replaced
at other shops.
Problem:When the brakes are applied,inital stopping power
is minimal,then within a second or two they come on full
force and unless you release the pedal slight...

1995 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L absVIN: 2FMDA5141SThis 95 Windstar is OBD 2 . With a scanner hooked up to it
there are no DTC's. Under light braking and just before the
van comes to a stop the pump will come on. I have nothing
on the data stream that points to any problem. The fuse for
the DRL and ABS are on ...

1996 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Hesitation, No powerVIN: 1FALP6534TI have a ford contour that was towed into the shop. Vehicle
runs but has no power, will barely accelerate over 10MPH.
There our no codes stored. I found the baro pid reading low
at 149HZ, we are below a thousand feet here. After
replacing the maf it now reads ...

2000 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L noneVIN: 1FTZF1722Yhi, any help this ford would be great. this f150 came in
for belt or bearing noise.at start up could hear knocking
but not like internal engine.removed belt and checked all
pulleys all good ran with out belt noise was still there
checked tsb's and fix data nou...

2001 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp onVIN: 1FHAP56S51I have already posted this car previously but there have
been so many developments that I felt it was better to
start over with a new post. Ok here it goes...This car
came in with a p0306 which as everyone knows is a code for
#6 misfire. On the previous post I... Trouble codes: P0306

2002 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L SafetyVIN: 3THY654TREThis is the old side air bag code for a truck that does not
have any. What I need is the tsb about the overlay harness
to repair this as I run in to these problems so ofter and
the dealer parts departments do not have direct access to
the tsb or want to spend ...

2003 Ford E-450 Super Duty Custom 7.3L Brake rotors or loose steeringVIN: 1FDXE45F33This vehicle could be a Cutaway E 350. It has a nasty brake
vibration. If I go down the road at 65 MPH and hit the
brakes we have a tremendous vibration down to 45 MPH and
then seems to go away. It does not really feel like a brake
rotor warpage but something ...

2003 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp onVIN: 1FMZU73K23this vehicle came in with mil on codes po301 and po316 -
hooked up to scope and did not see any problems - fuel trim
is -4 on bank 1 and +10 on bank 2 - we did and injector
flush and have not see any difference - ran a cylinder
rapid balance test and #1 ans #6... Trouble codes: P0301, P0316

2003 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L fuel gauge VIN: 1FMZU73K83I replaced this fuel level sensor for not reading on
occation and check gauges light coming on, I had checked
connections and tapped on instrument cluster no changes.
the only thing I found that was not in the wiring diagram
was what looked like a resistor abo...

2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch 6.0L Cuts outVIN: 1FTWW33P25the truck was towed in and scanned for codes,po263,po281
and po528,could not find any diagnostic info for these
codes on alldata or mitchell,vehicle starts and runs rough
for a few minutes then starts to lose power and stalls,at
startup you can rev engine and ... Trouble codes: P0263, P0281, P0528

2000 Lincoln LS 3.9L Cooling SystemsVIN: 2315514514car overheats somtimes and has a whistling noise no leaks
in system and fans are working. codes are engine overheated
and shut down. poss head gasket?

1991 Ford F-Super Duty 7.3L Excessive Emissionsthanks to all who responded to my question about rodent
nests and how to handle the situation. the replies general
consesus was to use gloves and a mask and carefully remove
the nest. i also agree that this could pose a liability
risk and think that a customer...

1994 Ford F-150 XL 4.9L Cuts out, StallVIN: 1FTDF15Y1RThank you to all who responded. After Countless hours of
chasing the problem we started with the stator and module,
since releasing the vehicle to the coustomer over a week
ago we made a follow up call and has had no problems with
stalling to this date... Than... Trouble codes: 211 (erratic pip signal).

1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp onVIN: 2FMDA5149TWell, this one sucked! Customer pissed and van still has
problem. Went after ignition system, new coil pack, same
problem. Looked at O2's with scan tool and thought I had
it, the rear bank(cyl's1,2,3) pegged the O2 full lean at
idle. Put in an oem O2 - same pr... Trouble codes: P0306.

1997 Ford Ranger XL 2.3L StallVIN: 1236589990Thank you all for the help! It was a cracked head between 3
and 4. It had compression cold but when i checked the
compression after it ran a minute, the compression dropped
to about 80psi. Thank you all for the help.

1998 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L No StartVIN: 1FTZX1724WThanks for the help. The wiring harness at the rear of the
head was chaffed and shorted to ground. I found this by
hooking up my meter to the fused side of the maxi fuse
terminal and the other side to ground and put the
continuity alarm on and started to wiggl...

1999 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L EngineVIN: 2FTRX18W9XWell... After some testing we belived it to be a blown
headgasket. We advised the customer and they declinced
repairs with us. (we had recommended an engine due to miles
and other leaks). They brought it to a fly by night guy
across town... you know the one???...